incredulously
信じられない思いで、疑わしげに
解説 Definition
incredulously は、相手の話や目の前の出来事をすぐには信じられず、驚きや疑いをにじませながら反応する様子を表す副詞です。表情や視線、口調に「本当に？」という不信感が表れている場面で使われます。
Incredulously means in a way that shows surprise and difficulty believing something. It is used when someone reacts as if what they heard or saw seems impossible, shocking, or doubtful.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
incredulously は credible「信じられる」、credit「信用」と同じ cred-「信じる」を含むので、まず“信じる”系の語族だと押さえる。そこに in- が付いて「信じない」、-ous で形容詞 incredulous「信じられない様子の」、-ly で副詞化。単なる surprisingly ではなく、『え、本当に？』と疑いがにじむ反応で、look at someone incredulously, ask incredulously の形で場面ごと覚えると残りやすい。credulous「すぐ信じる」と正反対、skeptically よりも“今聞いた話が信じ難い”瞬間の驚き寄りだと整理すると混同しにくい。
Look for the root `cred-`, the same "believe" idea found in `credible` and `credit`. Then build it step by step: `in-` + `credulous` + `-ly`, giving the sense of reacting in a not-believing way. It fits well with phrases like `look incredulously` or `ask incredulously`, where someone seems to say, "Really?"
例文
She stared incredulously at the report, unable to believe the results.
彼女は結果が信じられず、報告書を信じられない思いで見つめた。
He asked incredulously whether she had really won the lottery without buying a ticket.
彼は、チケットを買わずに本当に宝くじに当たったのかと疑わしげに尋ねた。
The audience reacted incredulously to the magician's seemingly impossible trick.
観客はそのあり得ないような手品に、信じられないという様子で反応した。
incredulously の類義語・関連語
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incredulously の語源・成り立ち Etymology
incredulously は incredulous + -ly。incredulous はラテン語 incredulus 由来で、in-「否定」+ cred-「信じる」を含みます。つまり「信じることに抵抗しながら」がそのまま「信じられないことに」。関連語は credible、credulous。
"Incredulously" comes from "incredulous" plus the adverb ending "-ly." "Incredulous" comes from Latin "incredulus," built from "in-" meaning "not" and a root from "credere," meaning "to believe." The word originally described a person unwilling or unable to believe, and the adverb means doing something in that spirit. Related words include "credible" and "credulous."
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